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Innovative Ultrasonic Spray Methods for Indoor Disinfection
Summary
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper reviews ultrasonic spray technologies for producing fine disinfectant aerosols, describing novel sprayer designs capable of handling liquids with a wide range of viscosities and surface tensions.
This study explores the challenges associated with dispersing disinfectant liquids for sanitizing individuals, indoor spaces, vehicles, and outdoor areas. Among the various approaches, fine aerosol sprays with a high particle surface area emerge as a particularly promising solution. Ultrasonic spraying, which leverages diverse mechanisms of ultrasound interaction with liquids, offers several distinct advantages. Notably, it enables the production of fine aerosols from liquids with a broad range of physical and chemical properties, including variations in purity, viscosity, and surface tension. This capability is especially critical for disinfectant liquids and suspensions, which often exhibit low surface tension and/or high viscosity. The article provides a comprehensive review of ultrasonic spraying methods and technologies developed by the authors’ team in recent years. It highlights innovative ultrasonic sprayers, including the latest designs, which are capable of generating aerosols with precise dispersion characteristics and high productivity from disinfectant liquids.
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